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Show Nam lliiiiiloi nnl ill. lm , HHJ Prof Hiram Corson of Cornell unl HJ vertlty, who uaed to bo n reporter for HB tho Unite I Slates senale tells this HY story about Uam Houston We re- Hj porters took turn nn 1 turn nbout cacti HJ for an hour One day I was sitting Idly HB In the reporters gallery, waiting my HB turn and looking on Preaently tar HB attention waa drawn by Senator IIous. HB ton Huge of frame ho was partlcu- BH larly huge of feet and those extreml- BH ties were rendered the more consplcu- ous In those dsys ot boots by being la- HB cased In laced shoes On this occasion HB thero seemed lo be an amount of pita HB In those feet proportionate to their BH size The senator kept one on hit HR knee rubbing It with an anguished TSH expression nnd periodically exchang- H ing for the other font After awhile be Bl unlacad tho shoes and drew them off 9B Then the nursing ot his aching toet M continued for a time as before Dut ml no relief come and at Inst to taj uttsi H amszemtnt and amusement, ho slowly RH divested himself of a long bjue woolen HJ stocking, and taking tho bugs Jack- HB knife with which ho was wont to pan HB ths time whittling he proceeded dellb- HH erately to pare his corns In the senate H of the United Slates Hartford Post. |